Tectonic setting and regional significance of the 'Port aux Basques Gneiss', SW Newfoundland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-334

  Schofield, D I ^a,b   Van Staal, C R ^c   Winchester, J A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Metabasite; Newfoundland; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343722072     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0323     Document Type: Article

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